EASE 2022
Mon 13 - Wed 15 June 2022 Göteborg, Sweden
EASE 2022 (series) /

ResearchEASE 2022

Dates
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Tue 14 Jun

Displayed time zone: Amsterdam, Berlin, Bern, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna change

08:30 - 09:00
Conference OpeningResearch at Tesla and online (Tuesday)
Chair(s): Miroslaw Staron University of Gothenburg
08:30
30m
Talk
Conference Opening
Research

10:00 - 10:30
Coffee breakResearch at Lunch room
10:30 - 12:00
Research Track Kelvin Session 1Research at Tuesday track 1 (Kelvin and online)
Chair(s): Rafael Prikladnicki School of Technology at PUCRS University
10:30
30m
Talk
Overlap between Automated Unit and Acceptance Testing - a Systematic Literature Review
Research
Jack van Heugten Breukes University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, Fabian Gilson University of Canterbury, Matthias Galster University of Canterbury
11:00
30m
Talk
Evaluating Code Improvements in Software Quality Course Projects
Research
Stanislav Chren Masaryk University, Martin Macak Masaryk University, Faculty of Informatics, Bruno Rossi Masaryk University, Barbora Buhnova Masaryk University
Link to publication DOI
11:30
30m
Talk
Understanding the Experience of Code Review: Misalignments, Attention, and Units of Analysis
Research
Emma Söderberg Lund University, Luke Church University of Cambridge | Lund University | Lark Systems, Jürgen Börstler Blekinge Institute of Technology, Diederick Niehorster Lund University, Christofer Rydenfält Lund University
12:00 - 13:00
LunchResearch at Lunch room
13:00 - 14:30
Research Track Kelvin Session 2Research at Tuesday track 1 (Kelvin and online)
Chair(s): Philipp Leitner Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden / University of Gothenburg, Sweden
13:00
30m
Talk
How Are Communication Channels on GitHub Presented to Their Intended Audience? – A Thematic Analysis
Research
Verena Ebert University of Stuttgart, Daniel Graziotin University of Stuttgart, Stefan Wagner University of Stuttgart
13:30
30m
Talk
Studying the Practices of Deploying Machine Learning Projects on Docker
Research
Moses Openja Polytechnique Montreal, Forough Majidi Polytechnique Montreal, Foutse Khomh Polytechnique Montréal, Bhagya Chembakottu Polytechnique Montreal, Heng Li Polytechnique Montréal
14:00
15m
Talk
Building an Operable Graph Representation of a Java Program as a Basis for Automatic Software Maintainability Analysis
Research
Pierre-Alexandre Favier IMS UMR 5218, Sébastien Bertrand onepoint
14:15
15m
Talk
Simulating the Evolution of Clone-and-Own Projects with VEVOS
Research
Alexander Schultheiß Humboldt University of Berlin, Paul Maximilian Bittner University of Ulm, Sascha El-Sharkawy University of Hildesheim, Thomas Thüm University of Ulm, Timo Kehrer University of Bern
13:00 - 14:30
Research Track Tesla Session 1Research at Tuesday track 2 (Tesla and online)
13:00
30m
Talk
An empirical study on the Performance and Energy Consumption of AI Containerization Strategies for Computer-Vision Tasks on the Edge
Research
Raluca Maria Hampau Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Edge Maurits Kaptein Tilburg University, Robin van Emden Scailable, Thomas Rost Scailable, Ivano Malavolta Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
13:30
30m
Talk
On the Impact of the Critical CSS Technique on the Performance and Energy Consumption of Mobile Browsers
Research
Kalle Janssen Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Tim Pelle Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Lucas de Geus Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Reinier van der Gronden Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Tanjina Islam Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Ivano Malavolta Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
14:00
30m
Talk
Comparing the Energy Efficiency of WebAssembly and JavaScript in Web Applications on Android mobile devices
Research
Max van Hasselt Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Kevin Huijzendveld Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Nienke Noort Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Sasja de Ruijter Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Tanjina Islam Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Ivano Malavolta Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
15:00 - 15:30
Coffee breakResearch at Lunch room
15:30 - 16:30
Research Track Kelvin Session 3Research at Tuesday track 1 (Kelvin and online)
Chair(s): Rafael Prikladnicki School of Technology at PUCRS University
15:30
30m
Talk
Peer-reviewing and Submission Dynamics Around Top Software-Engineering Venues: A Juniors' Perspective
Research
Rand Alchokr Otto von Guericke University, Jacob Krüger Ruhr-University Bochum, Yusra Shakeel Otto von Guericke University, Gunter Saake University of Magdeburg, Germany, Thomas Leich Harz University of Applied Sciences, Germany
16:00
30m
Talk
Incorporating Altmetrics to Support Selection and Assessment of Publications during Literature Analyses
Research
Yusra Shakeel Otto von Guericke University, Rand Alchokr Otto von Guericke University, Jacob Krüger Ruhr-University Bochum, Thomas Leich Harz University of Applied Sciences, Germany, Gunter Saake Otto von Guericke University
18:30 - 19:30
DinnerResearch at Lunch room

Wed 15 Jun

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08:00 - 09:00
Research Track Virtual 1 Session 1Research at Wednesday Track 1 session 1 (Kelvin and online)
Chair(s): Jingyue Li Norwegian University of Science and Technology
08:00
30m
Talk
Using the case survey methodology for finding high-quality grey literature in software engineering
Research
Ashley Williams Manchester Metropolitan University, Jim Buchan Auckland University of Technology
08:30
30m
Talk
Human Values Violations in Stack Overflow: An Exploratory Study
Research
Sara Krishtul Monash University, Mojtaba Shahin RMIT University, Australia, Humphrey Obie Monash University, Hourieh Khalajzadeh Monash University, Australia, Fan Gai Monash University, Ali Rezaei Nasab , John Grundy Monash University
08:00 - 09:00
Research Track Virtual 2 Session 1Research at Wednesday Track 2 session 1 (Tesla and online)
Chair(s): Jocelyn Simmonds University of Chile
08:00
30m
Talk
Exploring Security Vulnerabilities in Competitive Programming: An Empirical Study
Research
Debeshee Das Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati, Noble Saji Mathews Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati, Sridhar Chimalakonda Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati
08:30
30m
Talk
Towards a Catalog of Energy Patterns in Deep Learning Development
Research
Shriram Shanbhag Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati, Sridhar Chimalakonda Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati, Vibhu Saujanya Sharma Accenture Labs, Vikrant Kaulgud Accenture Labs, India
10:15 - 14:00
Museum Visit and LunchResearch at Volvo Museum
14:30 - 15:15
Research Track Virtual 1 Session 2Research at Wednesday Track 1 session 2 (Kelvin and online)
Chair(s): Jocelyn Simmonds University of Chile
14:30
15m
Talk
Litmus Test for Linus' Law: A Structural Equation Modeling Based Approach
Research
Reshmi Maulik Meghnad Saha Institute of Technology, Subhajit Datta Yale-NUS College and School of Computing, Singapore, Subhashis Majumder Heritage Institute of Technology
14:45
15m
Short-paper
Understanding the Characteristics of Visual Contents in Open Source Issue Discussions: A Case Study of Jupyter Notebook
Research
Vishakha Agrawal Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering, Yong-Han Lin National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Jinghui Cheng Polytechnique Montreal
DOI Pre-print Media Attached
15:00
15m
Talk
On the Identification of Third-Party Library Usage Patterns for Android Applications
Research
Richardson Alexandre ETS Montreal, University of Quebec, Ali Ouni ETS Montreal, University of Quebec, Mohamed Aymen saied Laval University, Salah Bouktif United Arab Emirates University, Mohamed Wiem Mkaouer Rochester Institute of Technology
14:30 - 16:00
Research Track Virtual 2 Session 2Research at Wednesday Track 2 session 2 (Tesla and online)
Chair(s): Aleksander Fabijan Microsoft, Rebekka Wohlrab Carnegie Mellon University
14:30
30m
Talk
Do Developers Modify Dead Methods during the Maintenance of Java Desktop Applications?
Research
Pietro Cassieri University of Basilicata, Simone Romano University of Salerno, Giuseppe Scanniello University of Basilicata, Genoveffa Tortora , Danilo Caivano University of Bari
15:00
30m
Talk
Black-box Test Case Selection by Relating Code Changes with Previously Fixed Defects
Research
Tutku Çıngıl Ozyegin University, Hasan Sozer Ozyegin University
15:30
30m
Full-paper
On Reporting Performance and Accuracy Bugs for Deep Learning Frameworks: An Exploratory Study from GitHub
Research
Guoming Long Loughborough University, Tao Chen Loughborough University
Pre-print
15:30 - 16:00
Research Track Virtual 1 Session 2Research at Wednesday Track 1 session 2 (Kelvin and online)
Chair(s): Jocelyn Simmonds University of Chile
15:30
30m
Talk
How Do Software Companies Deal with Artificial Intelligence Ethics? A Gap Analysis
Research
Ville Vakkuri , Kai-Kristian Kemell , Joel Tolvanen University of Jyväskylä, Marianna Jantunen University of Jyväskylä, Anna Erika Halme , Pekka Abrahamsson University of Jyväskylä
16:00 - 16:30
Coffee breakResearch at Lunch room
16:30 - 18:00
Research Track Virtual 1 Session 3Research at Wednesday Track 1 session 2 (Kelvin and online)
Chair(s): Jocelyn Simmonds University of Chile
16:30
30m
Talk
Automatically Capturing Quality-Related Concerns in Bug Report Descriptions for Efficient Bug Triaging
Research
Rrezarta Krasniqi University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Hyunsook Do University of North Texas
17:00
30m
Talk
A Hierarchical Clustering based method for Extracting Microservices from Monolithic Applications
Research
Khaled Sellami Laval University, Mohamed Aymen saied Laval University, Ali Ouni ETS Montreal, University of Quebec
17:30
30m
Talk
An Empirical Study of Blockchain Repositories in GitHub
Research
Ajoy Das University of Calgary, Gias Uddin University of Calgary, Guenther Ruhe University of Calgary
16:30 - 17:30
Research Track Virtual 2 Session 3Research at Wednesday Track 2 session 2 (Tesla and online)
Chair(s): Aleksander Fabijan Microsoft, Rebekka Wohlrab Carnegie Mellon University
16:30
30m
Paper
Text and Team: What Article Metadata Characteristics Drive Citations in Software Engineering?
Research
Lorenz Graf-Vlachy University of Stuttgart, Daniel Graziotin University of Stuttgart, Stefan Wagner University of Stuttgart
DOI Pre-print
17:00
30m
Talk
Personality Traits in Game Development
Research
Miriam Sturdee Lancaster University, Matthew Ivory Lancaster University, David Ellis University of Bath, Patrick Stacey Loughborough University, Paul Ralph Dalhousie University
18:30 - 19:00
ClosingResearch at Tesla and online (Wednesday)

Accepted Papers

Title
A Hierarchical Clustering based method for Extracting Microservices from Monolithic Applications
Research
Khaled Sellami, Mohamed Aymen saied, Ali Ouni
An Empirical Study of Blockchain Repositories in GitHub
Research
Ajoy Das, Gias Uddin, Guenther Ruhe
An empirical study on the Performance and Energy Consumption of AI Containerization Strategies for Computer-Vision Tasks on the Edge
Research
Raluca Maria Hampau, Edge Maurits Kaptein, Robin van Emden, Thomas Rost, Ivano Malavolta
Automatically Capturing Quality-Related Concerns in Bug Report Descriptions for Efficient Bug Triaging
Research
Rrezarta Krasniqi, Hyunsook Do
Black-box Test Case Selection by Relating Code Changes with Previously Fixed Defects
Research
Tutku Çıngıl, Hasan Sozer
Building an Operable Graph Representation of a Java Program as a Basis for Automatic Software Maintainability Analysis
Research
Pierre-Alexandre Favier, Sébastien Bertrand
Comparing the Energy Efficiency of WebAssembly and JavaScript in Web Applications on Android mobile devices
Research
Max van Hasselt, Kevin Huijzendveld, Nienke Noort, Sasja de Ruijter, Tanjina Islam, Ivano Malavolta
Conference Opening
Research

Do Developers Modify Dead Methods during the Maintenance of Java Desktop Applications?
Research
Pietro Cassieri, Simone Romano, Giuseppe Scanniello, Genoveffa Tortora , Danilo Caivano
Evaluating Code Improvements in Software Quality Course Projects
Research
Stanislav Chren, Martin Macak, Bruno Rossi, Barbora Buhnova
Link to publication DOI
Exploring Security Vulnerabilities in Competitive Programming: An Empirical Study
Research
Debeshee Das, Noble Saji Mathews, Sridhar Chimalakonda
How Are Communication Channels on GitHub Presented to Their Intended Audience? – A Thematic Analysis
Research
Verena Ebert, Daniel Graziotin, Stefan Wagner
How Do Software Companies Deal with Artificial Intelligence Ethics? A Gap Analysis
Research
Ville Vakkuri, Kai-Kristian Kemell, Joel Tolvanen, Marianna Jantunen, Anna Erika Halme, Pekka Abrahamsson
Human Values Violations in Stack Overflow: An Exploratory Study
Research
Sara Krishtul, Mojtaba Shahin, Humphrey Obie, Hourieh Khalajzadeh, Fan Gai, Ali Rezaei Nasab, John Grundy
Incorporating Altmetrics to Support Selection and Assessment of Publications during Literature Analyses
Research
Yusra Shakeel, Rand Alchokr, Jacob Krüger, Thomas Leich, Gunter Saake
Litmus Test for Linus' Law: A Structural Equation Modeling Based Approach
Research
Reshmi Maulik, Subhajit Datta, Subhashis Majumder
On Reporting Performance and Accuracy Bugs for Deep Learning Frameworks: An Exploratory Study from GitHub
Research
Guoming Long, Tao Chen
Pre-print
On the Identification of Third-Party Library Usage Patterns for Android Applications
Research
Richardson Alexandre, Ali Ouni, Mohamed Aymen saied, Salah Bouktif, Mohamed Wiem Mkaouer
On the Impact of the Critical CSS Technique on the Performance and Energy Consumption of Mobile Browsers
Research
Kalle Janssen, Tim Pelle, Lucas de Geus, Reinier van der Gronden, Tanjina Islam, Ivano Malavolta
Overlap between Automated Unit and Acceptance Testing - a Systematic Literature Review
Research
Jack van Heugten Breukes, Fabian Gilson, Matthias Galster
Peer-reviewing and Submission Dynamics Around Top Software-Engineering Venues: A Juniors' Perspective
Research
Rand Alchokr, Jacob Krüger, Yusra Shakeel, Gunter Saake, Thomas Leich
Personality Traits in Game Development
Research
Miriam Sturdee, Matthew Ivory, David Ellis, Patrick Stacey, Paul Ralph
Simulating the Evolution of Clone-and-Own Projects with VEVOS
Research
Alexander Schultheiß, Paul Maximilian Bittner, Sascha El-Sharkawy, Thomas Thüm, Timo Kehrer
Studying the Practices of Deploying Machine Learning Projects on Docker
Research
Moses Openja, Forough Majidi, Foutse Khomh, Bhagya Chembakottu, Heng Li
Text and Team: What Article Metadata Characteristics Drive Citations in Software Engineering?
Research
Lorenz Graf-Vlachy, Daniel Graziotin, Stefan Wagner
DOI Pre-print
Towards a Catalog of Energy Patterns in Deep Learning Development
Research
Shriram Shanbhag, Sridhar Chimalakonda, Vibhu Saujanya Sharma, Vikrant Kaulgud
Understanding the Characteristics of Visual Contents in Open Source Issue Discussions: A Case Study of Jupyter Notebook
Research
Vishakha Agrawal, Yong-Han Lin, Jinghui Cheng
DOI Pre-print Media Attached
Understanding the Experience of Code Review: Misalignments, Attention, and Units of Analysis
Research
Emma Söderberg, Luke Church, Jürgen Börstler, Diederick Niehorster, Christofer Rydenfält
Using the case survey methodology for finding high-quality grey literature in software engineering
Research
Ashley Williams, Jim Buchan

Call for Papers

The EASE full research papers track seeks submissions describing unpublished and original research results. We solicit submissions in the following areas (and similar ones):

  • Assessing the benefits / costs associated with using chosen development technologies
  • Cross- and multi-disciplinary methods and studies
  • Case studies, action-research, and field studies, including multilevel research designs
  • Design science studies
  • Development and evaluation of empirical prediction systems or software estimation models
  • Empirical studies using qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods
  • Empirically-based decision making
  • Evaluation and comparison of techniques and models
  • Experiments and quasi-experiments
  • Survey research
  • Systematic literature reviews
  • Meta-analysis, qualitative and quantitative synthesis of studies
  • Modeling, measuring, and assessing product and/or process quality
  • Replication of empirical studies and families of studies
  • Software engineering analytics
  • Simulation-based studies in software engineering
  • Software project management and knowledge management
  • Software technology transfer to the industry

Important Dates for the Full Papers:

  • Full papers submission, abstract: January 24th, 2022(abstract)
  • Full papers (up to 10 pages in ACM double-column format) submission: January 31st, 2022(full papers)
  • Full papers notification: March 16th, 2022
  • Full papers camera-ready: April 24th, 2022

Important Dates for the Short Papers and artifacts:

  • Short papers and artifacts (4-6 pages), submission: March 21st, 2022
  • Short papers and artifacts notification: April 25th, 2022
  • Short papers and artifacts camera-ready: April 30th, 2022

Submission Details

Please submit your papers via: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ease2022

Submitted papers must be written in English, contain original unpublished work, and conform to the ACM Proceedings Format (​https://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template). The conference enforces the ACM Policy and Procedures on Plagiarism (https://www.acm.org/publications/policies/plagiarism-overview

To reduce bias in reviews, EASE conference will use double-blind review process.

Participation

EASE 2022 recognizes the difficulties related to COVID-19 situation and will provide the possibility to be on-site in Gothenburg and virtually via videolink.

Program Committee
Publicity Group